Mass murders not becoming more common

12:35 PM,
Sep. 20, 2013

Written by

James Alan Fox

"Yet another mass shooting," lamented President Obama on Monday before giving a speech marking the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis. Meanwhile, the cable news channels featured wall-to-wall coverage of the D.C. Navy Yard massacre, complete with eyewitness interviews and telestrator-aided analysis of how the events had unfolded.

Commentator after commentator pondered the reasons why mass shootings were becoming an all-too-frequent horror of American society and asked what could have prevented the senseless loss of 13 lives, including the gunman. Angry and frustrated ...